100 signatures reached
To: Local parish council
Protect outdoor play in Collier Street – bring back our children’s playground!
To reinstate play equipment for the local villagers / primary school children who visit the play area daily and see the space as crucial for socialising and outdoor play and exercise.
It is such a vital area as it is the only safe meeting place for children and parents in the village.
It is such a vital area as it is the only safe meeting place for children and parents in the village.
Why is this important?
This space is vital to our village.
Taking away the play equipment will be detrimental to the physical and mental well being of the children and the parents of the village. It’s a meeting place for the children after school and at weekends giving them somewhere to discover play and get some exercise outside of their school class groups. This is extremely important to their social skills development too.
Children today play outside 50% less than their parents did. Removing our playground makes this crisis worse.
For the parents, it’s a chance to mix with other parents and sometimes the only opportunity to share advice and connect with other adults, especially if they don’t drive or don’t have a car. For the parents of the children that have just started at the local school, it’s a way of helping them and their children integrate into the community.
247 peer reviewed studies prove playgrounds increase children's physical activity by 28%. Removing ours will harm our children's health. Research shows that investment in quality play environments is linked with not only higher physical activity but improved social interaction and better mental health outcomes for children.
Taking away the play equipment will be detrimental to the physical and mental well being of the children and the parents of the village. It’s a meeting place for the children after school and at weekends giving them somewhere to discover play and get some exercise outside of their school class groups. This is extremely important to their social skills development too.
Children today play outside 50% less than their parents did. Removing our playground makes this crisis worse.
For the parents, it’s a chance to mix with other parents and sometimes the only opportunity to share advice and connect with other adults, especially if they don’t drive or don’t have a car. For the parents of the children that have just started at the local school, it’s a way of helping them and their children integrate into the community.
247 peer reviewed studies prove playgrounds increase children's physical activity by 28%. Removing ours will harm our children's health. Research shows that investment in quality play environments is linked with not only higher physical activity but improved social interaction and better mental health outcomes for children.
